Abbey Normal
Senior Member
mom4 said:Yes, the humane version with the non-clogging mechanism. :shocked:
Eww. I am not sure I want to know what happens with a "clogging" mechanism.
When done right, isn't it supposed to be virtually painless?
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mom4 said:Yes, the humane version with the non-clogging mechanism. :shocked:
I believe that the guillotine was developed to be a more humane alternative to hanging. It is quick, but I think it would be hard to verify "painlessness." I would assume that there was pain involved. I have read of reports of severed heads blinking. They call these "muscle spasms," but if nerves can still react to "residual energy," it makes sense to me that they could react to and feel pain.Abbey Normal said:Eww. I am not sure I want to know what happens with a "clogging" mechanism.
When done right, isn't it supposed to be virtually painless?
GunnyL said:What is it you don't agree with?
Nuc...Of course this has been said before, but we are the only "civilized" country that holds on to the death penalty.
Nuc said:I am against the death penalty. But if it exists I agree with you that it should not be implemented unless there is a "smoking gun" and absolutely no possibility for error regarding the guilt of the executed. We don't have that here in America, and probably even more corrupt in the other countries which have the death penalty. Of course this has been said before, but we are the only "civilized" country that holds on to the death penalty.
Bonnie said:Is there any part of you that thinks it's insane to call any civilization civilized that thinks it's perfectly okay to kill an innocent helpless unborn baby right up till delivery, but go to great lengths to save a known killers life????? Much of Europe apparently does, and many in this country..Explain to me again how that is in any way civilized?????
Nuc said:Note I parenthesized "civilized". Maybe we should say "relatively civilized" country as in more civilized than, say, Papua New Guinea or Somalia.
Anyway we are the only modern industrialized country that holds on to the death penalty.
Nuc said:Note I parenthesized "civilized". Maybe we should say "relatively civilized" country as in more civilized than, say, Papua New Guinea or Somalia.
Anyway we are the only modern industrialized country that holds on to the death penalty.
Butt Rider said:You ducked Bonnie's question.
Nuc said:Who are you, the semantics police? She asked me if I thought America was civilized and I answered, "relatively civilized". What is it about that you don't understand?